Prairie du Chien, 1870

Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin 1870.

My second great grandparents, Peter Henry Phillips and his wife Rose Anna Garvey, moved to Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin sometime after their marriage on January 04, 1861 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.  Their son George Phillips was born September 09, 1875 in Wisconsin and is listed with his parents on 1880’s US Census in Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin.* Their daughter Rose May Phillips was born seven years later, 1887, in Prairie du Chien…


From the Milwaukee Sunday Journal, August 27, 1922.

*1880, Phillips, Peter – Prairie du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin
Name: Peter Phillips
Age: 30 40
Birth Year: abt 1850 abt 1839
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1880: Prairie Du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse’s Name: Rose Anne Phillips
Father’s Birthplace: Ireland
Mother’s Birthplace: Ireland
Occupation: Brakesman R.R.
Household Members: Name Age
Peter Phillips 30
Rose Anne Phillips 34
George Phillips 4


A postcard view of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin from the east, around 1975. Photo By Roger via StockPholio.com

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